Surgeons are warning of the potential dangers of loose wire bristles on barbecue-cleaning brushes after a Coffs Coast man accidentally swallowed one and had it pulled out of his pancreas more than a week later.

Hazelnut growers Basil and Jean Baldwin harness the power of the sun to dry their crop. The nuts are laid out in wooden boxes in a sheltered courtyard on their property near Orange in the central west of New South Wales. Read more